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Hawaii bishop, in impassioned letter, urges prayer, action to prevent same-sex marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 4:23 am Warning that the potential legalization of same-sex marriage could harm religious liberty and lead to the eventual legalization of polygamy and incest, Bishop Larry Silva of...
Daily Catholic Quote from Pope Francis
Integrated Catholic Life - Aug 26, 2013 at 4:00 am “And so we ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace.” (Pope Francis, Urbi et Orbi Message, Easter...
Daily Scriptures Reflection for Monday, August 26, 2013
CatholicMom.com - Aug 26, 2013 at 4:00 am Scripture: I Thessalonians 1:2-5,8-10. Psalm 149: 1-2,2-3, 4-5. Matthew 23:13-22:
Today’s Scriptures
USCCB Video Reflection
Saints of the Day
After reading the epistles many...
USCCB committee urges Kerry to support religious freedom in Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 3:56 am The chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace has urged Secretary of State John Kerry to "to work with the...
The Boston Globe shows how to write about church planters
GetReligion - Aug 26, 2013 at 3:42 am Earlier this month I called a story about a church planter in Brooklyn the worst religion story of the year. I don’t like to write harsh critiques (really, I don’t) but it’s...
Pope Calls For End of Violence in Syria
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 26, 2013 at 3:40 am On Sunday, Pope Francis appealed for peace in Syria during his weekly Angelus address. The Pope’s comment come at a tragic time where reports of citizens attacked by chemical...
Church in Tunisia declares day of prayer, fasting for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 3:34 am Taking note of "the painful and unstable events that are taking place in several Arab countries, the Middle East and Africa," Archbishop Ilario Antoniazzi of Tunis declared August...
Monastery attacked in Egypt
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 3:14 am The spokesman for Egypt's Catholic bishops has told the Fides news agency that a Coptic Orthodox monastery near Minya, a city of 250,000 in the north-central part of the nation,...
Bolivia's bishops call for prison reform following violence
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:57 am Violence among inmates at a prison near Bolivia's largest city claimed the lives of 29, including the life of a child, according to a Reuters report.
Following the incident,...
TIME to Americans: You are stupid, vapid, self-absorbed narcissists.
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:49 am
Viewing these covers, a question must be asked: do these moments of marketing (through a choice in covers) reveal more about Americans, or about the state of American...
What I Saw in Roma, Texas
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:41 am So a week or so ago, I was asked down to Roma, Texas by Fr. James Erving, OMI. His parish was putting on a conference for the youth he serves there in Starr County (the poorest...
Indonesian president decries attacks on Christians, other religious minorities
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:38 am President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, the nation with the largest Muslim population, has lamented attacks on Christians and other religious minorities, according to a...
Your Chance to Do a Work of Mercy for a Single Mom of 11 Kids
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:37 am A reader writes:
I wonder if you would consider making your readership aware of Kristin Bothur, Catholic mom who has been single-handedly raising eleven kids since her husband...
Life Matters Journal…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:34 am …on the embarrassing spectacle of worshippers of a tortured and crucified savior making excuses for torture.
Pontifical academies to examine human trafficking
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:23 am The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and the World Federation of the Catholic Medical Associations will meet to discuss the scourge of...
Against the Senseless Destruction of Churches
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:10 am Last year, L’Eglise de Notre Dame de l’Assumption, in the old fishing port of Arichat, Nova Scotia, celebrated its 175th anniversary. Its twin spires overlook the bay where John...
Western countries foster Mideast conflicts, says Maronite patriarch
Catholic Culture - World News - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:04 am The head of the Maronite Catholic Church has told Vatican Radio that "outside countries, especially in the West but also elsewhere, are helping to foment" conflicts in Egypt, Iraq...
How Long Will Secular Liberalism Endure?
Crisis Magazine - Church - Aug 26, 2013 at 2:00 am Secular liberalism is at odds with Catholicism. The point seemed obvious to most people until the postwar period, when the thought took hold that an essentially harmonious...
On the Narrow Door That Is Christ
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 26, 2013 at 1:43 am Here is the translation of Pope Francis' address before and after the recitation of the Angelus to the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. * * *
Dear brothers...
